Category: Hemp

This appeared in our inbox this morning.. Early next year, we (US Hemp Roundtable) will launch a self-regulating organization (SRO) that will define and monitor best practices for the industry. One of the key products will be a medallion or seal that can be placed on every hemp product that meets the industry’s rigorous standards.

Robert Hoban one of the leading light lawyers in the cannabis & hemp space, based out of Denver CO, has written a state of play report on cannabis & hemp regulations in Canada as we move toward a fully regulated market mid 2018.

The state’s hemp program, a necessity to stay within federal law, has been on hold since late last year. The agriculture department said it couldn’t continue overseeing hemp unless lawmakers appropriated funds to augment license fees.

Wisconsin public radio reports that, “Industrial hemp licensing applications are available for Wisconsin’s research pilot program. The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is accepting applications with a May 1 deadline.”

Sen. Sonny Borrelli, the Republican bill sponsor, indicated the measure would help boost the state’s agricultural economy, noting that hemp uses “nine times less water than cotton,” and help the state’s cotton farmers “rotate in another crop.”

Missouri senators advanced a bill Tuesday that would create a pilot program in the state to study the growth, cultivation, processing and marketing of industrial hemp in cooperation with Missouri’s Department of Agriculture.

“The governor is not opposed to the idea of industrial hemp in Indiana,” said Stephanie Wilson, spokeswoman for Holcomb. “But, he thinks if we do it, we need to make sure we do it right. That’s why a summer study committee is the best decision.”

“Riverside County supervisors Tuesday approved an interim ordinance prohibiting the industrial cultivation of hemp in unincorporated communities as a precautionary move against potential criminal activity.”

It is true, the states have made a pigs ear with regard to over production, and especially so in OR & WA. MJ Biz report, “One of the challenges we maybe have in the hemp industry is to make sure that demand and production coincide,” Greg Ibach, undersecretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture told the media this week.

Their press release starts by saying, “The U.S. Hemp Roundtable – representing the hemp industry at each link of the hemp supply and sales chain, as well the membership of all the industry’s major grassroots organizations – has launched its new web site: HempSupporter.com.”